Flexible support.



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FLEXIBLE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED AUIL, i915.

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1 ports; and I do hereby declare the following l OLIVER LEWIS IBAIDGER, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

FLEXIBLE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1916.

Application led August 7, 1915. Serial No. 44,219.

To all whom t 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, OLIVER Lrwrs BADGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of lflainield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have inventedv a new and useful Improvement in Flexible Supto be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention pertains to longitudinally adjustable iexible supports, such as sli-irrupleathers, gun strapsfiutomobile hoodstraps, stocking Suspenders, ete.

It is the object of my invention to provide a fiexible support, the length of which may be adjusted easily and quickly, without the use of any buckle, clasp or the like, and which will remain securely in vits adjusted position in spite of any tension, vibration or the like to which it may be subjected.

A flexible support made in accordance with my invention, in the form of a stirrupleather, is described, by way of example, in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the stirrupleather; and Fig. 2 is a front view of the same.

Referring now to the drawing, 10 designates the loop of a stirrup. To this loop the leather is secured, by means of a flat hook ll at the end thereof. The leather extends upward from the loop in a lap 12 which passes through a rectangular ring 13 and then returns upon itself in a lap 14:. The loop 14 passes through the loopvlO (sliding over the hook 11), and then extends upward in a long lap 15, which passes through the ring 13. The lap 15 passes through a top supporting loop or ring 16, and is returned upon itself in a lap 17, the end of which is secured to the ring 13. In this way there is produced a closed-loop pulley device of such a nature that the total length thereof can be increased by pulling on the lap 15, and can be lessened by pulling on the lap 17.

Supposing the support to be in use as a stirrup-leather, it will be seen that the rider can, without leaving the saddle, stoop down and adjust the length of his stiirups to suit Vhis wishes by merely pulling upon one orv the other of the laps 15 and 17. Similar advantages are attached to other uses of the support. For instance, in the use of the support as a suspender for ladies stockings, it can be adjusted easily and quickly without the necessity of raising the dress.

When the tension is placed upon the support, there is a binding eliect at the point where the lap l5 passes over the ring 13, the point where the lap 14 passes over the hook 11, the points where the lap 15 engages the laps 13 and 14 and the lap 17 in passing through the ring 13, and the point where the lap 15 passes through the loop 16. It will be found that the support will not slip or move from its adjusted position, no matter to what tension or vibration it is subjected.

One of the important features of the invention lies in the passing of the loop 15 through the ring 13. In this way two ad- A ditional binding points are obtained, and the prevention of the support from accidentally slipping is very much increased.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A flexible support comprising a ring, and a strap having one end connected to said ring, said strap being extended upward from said ring to a point, then extended -downward upon itself from such point and passed through the ring and extended onward to a point, then extended upward upon itself and passed through said ring on the side thereof remote from. said end, and then extended downward to a point within the downward loop formed by the steps set forth.

In testimony whereof, I the said OLIVER Lewis Bauern, have hereunto set my hand.

OLIVER LEWIS BADGER. lVitnesses:

J. A. MARTIN, VILLIAM COOPER. 

